‘The broken ones are the easiest’: Doctor who once used corpse as puppet could be in way more trouble now for what he’s been doing to patients who are alive, AG says

A Pennsylvania doc accused of sexually assaulting susceptible women has allegedly spent years preying connected addicts nether his attraction and different sickening acts, including a bedside puppet amusement with a woman’s corpse — moments aft pronouncing her dormant — wherever helium moved their jaw up and down and told nurses, “Hi there, however are you?”

Christopher Davis, 63, of York, was precocious arrested for allegedly utilizing his presumption arsenic an addiction attraction specializer to lure and coerce women into intersexual encounters, according to Pennsylvania’s Office of Attorney General.

One pistillate diligent told a expansive assemblage past period that Davis kissed her and shoved his lingua down her pharynx during a 2023 sojourn earlier whispering a chilling connection into her ear, according to the York Dispatch, citing Davis’ indictment.

“The breached ones are the easiest,” helium allegedly said.

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The Pennsylvania AG’s bureau has charged the disgraced physician with 92 transgression counts for allegedly tormenting patients from 2021 to 2024. His charges see rape by menace of force, involuntary deviate intersexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, intersexual extortion, amerciable usage of a communications device, amerciable medication of a controlled substance and furnishing mendacious oregon fraudulent information.

A license suspension for Davis from 2002, which was obtained by the Dispatch and posted online Tuesday, says helium underwent substance maltreatment attraction successful the aboriginal 2000s and pleaded blameworthy to stealing the painkiller Nubain. The corpse puppet incidental happened portion helium was the aesculapian manager astatine Manor Care connected Dec. 3, 2000, according to authorities officials.

“[Davis] checked the Patient’s bosom and lungs and pronounced her deceased,” the Pennsylvania Department of State reported. “[Davis] informed the Nurses that helium had been a ventriloquist. [Davis] past proceeded to spot the deceased Patient’s assemblage successful a seated position, enactment his manus connected her bottommost jaw, and, portion manipulating the Patient’s jaw up and down to make the affectation that the deceased Patient was talking, [Davis] said, ‘Hi there, however are you?’ oregon words to that effect.”

For the caller allegations, authorities accidental respective women reported having enactment with Davis and that helium “would withhold, oregon endanger to withhold, attraction benefits from patients who refused his intersexual advances, portion conversely, prescribing contraindicated addictive medications to patients who acquiesced to his intersexual demands,” according to his expansive assemblage indictment. The charges stem from an probe launched successful 2024 portion helium was moving arsenic the aesculapian manager of Pyramid Healthcare successful Springettsbury Township.

Davis allegedly encouraged women to portion intoxicant and maltreatment medications portion helium treated them, according to prosecutors. One unfortunate says helium adjacent gave her wealth to acquisition and usage fentanyl. Another claims helium prescribed benzodiazepines, oregon benzos, to her aft she became a diligent astatine his backstage signifier successful October 2023 portion she was, astatine the aforesaid time, receiving methadone attraction astatine Pyramid.

“This doc abused his relation arsenic a gatekeeper to indispensable medications for susceptible patients by manipulating, intimidating, and assaulting galore patients betwixt 2022 and 2024,” said Attorney General Dave Sunday successful a connection announcing Davis’ arrest. “The patients relied connected the suspect to supply compassionate attraction and attraction arsenic they navigated a way to recovery, instead, helium betrayed them clip and clip again. People seeking to amended their lives done attraction should beryllium celebrated and supported, not preyed upon and exploited.”

Davis is being held astatine York County Prison connected a $1 cardinal bail, according to online tribunal records. He has a preliminary proceeding scheduled for May 28.